# Edge Project Import

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [September 20, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403 "2023-09-20T15:48:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403/1 "2023-09-20T15:48:41Z")

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I have a project on an existing full Ignition install that I need to run on an Edge gateway.

I've exported the project.  
How do I import it into the Edge gateway? Or, do I need to use EAM with the Edge as an Agent to push the project out?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403/2 "2023-09-20T15:55:03Z")

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You can import the project within the designer on Edge.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403/3 "2023-09-20T15:55:22Z")

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~~I would modify an edge backup to restoring into a dev environment as standard Ignition (setting in `ignition.conf`). Do your adjustments, and then make a new backup tweaked to load into Edge. (One and only one project.)~~

Meh. What Paul said.

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**Author:** ![Simen\_Minerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Simen\_Minerd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Simen_Minerd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403/4 "2023-09-20T17:22:20Z")

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I just did a project this way, but made a mistake using a project from a server. not an edge project.  
Now every time when the designer starts up, it gives an error message, said default tag provide does not exist. Even after I use find and replace all [default] to [edge], the designer still giving the same error.  
Why does Ignition Designer try to use default tag provider all the time?

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403/6 "2023-09-20T20:37:03Z")

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I'm experiencing this as well. The tag browser loads in and automatically looks for the "edge" provider, which no longer exists because I renamed it.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Noriega](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/daniel_noriega/32/79935_2.png) [@Daniel\_Noriega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Daniel_Noriega)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403/7 "2025-09-23T16:36:39Z")

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Same issue here, so annoying.